xrdreaming Lifetime Members 1,693 Member For: 22y 22d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 11/12/03 06:59 AM Share Posted 11/12/03 06:59 AM Hi all,I filled up today and when I started my car my DTE was still showing 55km.Stopped and re started a couple of times and still no good. It took about 80km of driving before the fuel guage finally reached full and the DTE also slowly caught up.I have already spoken to my dealer who tells me it is proberbly the fuel sender unit in the fuel tank and it will be replaced at the 3000km service.Has anyone else had this problem?Cheers,Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 11/12/03 08:26 AM Share Posted 11/12/03 08:26 AM Common as @ssholes.Not quite as common as brake shudder though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scootre Guests Posted 11/12/03 08:30 AM Share Posted 11/12/03 08:30 AM How many K's have you got to go before your 3000k service?What happens if you run out of petrol without warning - does your fuel pump survive in the XR's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpy What's happening? Lifetime Members 1,605 Member For: 22y 2m 17d Gender: Male Location: Steel City, NSW Posted 11/12/03 11:53 PM Share Posted 11/12/03 11:53 PM xrdreaming,I have had this happen once. It was on the way to Melbourne for the site tour of the factories.Filled up at Albury, and the gauge didnt move. It took a good hour of driving for the gauge to gradually creep back to the top, with the DTE increasing also. It it the strangest thing to actually see the fuel level go up while driving.The next tankful I put in the gauge worked fine, and I completely forgot to tell the dealer about it at my next service. Havent had it looked at, and have driven 6000Km since, no probs.See how you go with your next tank. If your worried, take it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NT TURBO Member 1,128 Member For: 21y 11m 6d Gender: Male Location: Darwin NT Posted 12/12/03 05:23 AM Share Posted 12/12/03 05:23 AM It does that. I had 61kms DTE, I put 10 bucks in it and it went down to 59kms DTE, but then as said over the next hour or so it came back up??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA_Turbs Member 836 Member For: 21y 6m Gender: Male Posted 13/12/03 04:07 AM Share Posted 13/12/03 04:07 AM This was a very common problem in AU utes, if the tank was overfilled. If you have tried to squeeze a little extra juice in, then the fuel warning light used to come on.Wasn't just one vehicle either, happened on all the half dozen AU utes we had through work, never noticed it on a sedan though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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